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It’s weird. No one says anyone can be a basketball pro, here’s a play basketball boot camp to get you into the NBA. But clearly there is demand for a lot more
by brianwawok 8y ago
It’s weird. No one says anyone can be a basketball pro, here’s a play basketball boot camp to get you into the NBA.
But clearly there is demand for a lot more programmers than NBA players. The kind of people who make good programmers are competing with people going into law and finance. More programmers means less lawyers and less business people. Which I guess is fine, but it is weird to just assume anyone can do it.
- matwood 8y agoThe NBA is a bad analogy. That would be closer to saying that anyone can get a job at Google. Most programming jobs are not Google, and more akin to rec league basketball. With desire and practice many people can be effective rec league players.
- purple_ducks 8y agoGoogle is not analogous to the NBA. It's the IBM of the 2010's.